Question

Give the IUPAC name of the organic compound represented by the structural formula given below:

$$\begin{array}{c}\phantom{.}\mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{O}\phantom{..}\\ \phantom{.}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{....}||\phantom{..}\\ \mathrm{H}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{C}-\mathrm{OH}\\ \phantom{}|\phantom{....}|\phantom{......}\\ \phantom{}\mathrm{H}\phantom{...}\mathrm{H}\phantom{......}\end{array}$$

Answer 1

The IUPAC name of the given organic compound is propan-1-oic acid.